Re: Using my SAM to copy non-SAM format disks

1999-07-07 Thread Ian Collier
On Tue, Jul 06, 1999 at 01:58:46PM +, James R Curry wrote: Book Sale in Stratford had them at 1.50. Until I bought them all. Good heavens. I've just been past that shop today. Didn't go in, though. imc

Re: Using my SAM to copy non-SAM format disks

1999-07-07 Thread Thomas Harte
Book Sale in Stratford had them at 1.50. Until I bought them all. Dixons / Currys / whatever seem to be happy to do them from some regular source for £2.50 or £2.00 or something like that . . . -Thomas

Using my SAM to copy non-SAM format disks

1999-07-06 Thread Thomas Harte
Hi, I have a need to duplicate a BBC style ADFS single density disk, but have discovered that every IBM PC I can find has broken single density floppy disk compatibility, such that none of the physical sector copiers will work. However, I remember picking up a SAM disk magazine

Re: Using my SAM to copy non-SAM format disks

1999-07-06 Thread Andrew Gale
I'm also aware that KE-Disk (since I owned it twice counting the later distribution with Fred) was a BASIC program that could read non-SAM format disks. So perhaps there is a place somewhere where I could just read up on the correct commands to write such a program? Most of the simple

Re: Using my SAM to copy non-SAM format disks

1999-07-06 Thread Simon Cooke
The only thing is: does the BBC disc have 9 or 10 sectors per track? (Assuming we're talking 3.5 here) copying sector-by-sector is fine, but the destination disc will need to be pre-formatted. The SAM can format at 10 sectors per track, and I think there is a program that will format at 9

Re: Using my SAM to copy non-SAM format disks

1999-07-06 Thread Andrew Collier
Hi, I have a need to duplicate a BBC style ADFS single density disk, but have discovered that every IBM PC I can find has broken single density floppy disk compatibility, such that none of the physical sector copiers will work. Do you really mean single density? (as opposed to double

Re: Using my SAM to copy non-SAM format disks

1999-07-06 Thread David L
-Original Message- From: Andrew Collier [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Date: 06 July 1999 01:23 Subject: Re: Using my SAM to copy non-SAM format disks Most of the meat of KE-Disk was actually written in machine code, for speed. Anything more

Re: Using my SAM to copy non-SAM format disks

1999-07-06 Thread James R Curry
I have a need to duplicate a BBC style ADFS single density disk, but have discovered that every IBM PC I can find has broken single density floppy disk compatibility, such that none of the physical sector copiers will work. The really spooky thing is, Wal-Mart sell DD disks at under $5

Re: Using my SAM to copy non-SAM format disks

1999-07-06 Thread Tim
The really spooky thing is, Wal-Mart sell DD disks at under $5 a box.. Not really, I've seen quite a few places here that sell them at 1.99 a box... Just not saying where ;-) @/

Re: Using my SAM to copy non-SAM format disks

1999-07-06 Thread James R Curry
Just not saying where ;-) @/ Book Sale in Stratford had them at 1.50. Until I bought them all. -- James R Curry - [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Balloon Doggies DEMANDED it!